Police detained a doctor and his wife on allegations of torturing an 11-year-old domestic help on suspicion of theft in the capital’s outskirt Savar on Saturday.
The detainees are Kazi Md Ismail Hossain, 31, a medical officer of Barguna District Sadar Hospital, and his wife Mahmuda Khatun Parashmoni, Daily Sun reports.
The couple was detained after the victim's mother, garment worker Kulsum Begum, filed a complaint with police earlier in the day.
Kulsum Akhter told the media that her daughter had been living with the detained couple for approximately a year and a half. The couple, previously residing in Savar, had relocated to Barguna.
Upon returning home with her daughter, Kulsum said she discovered multiple injuries on the child's body.
Later, she got her daughter admitted to the Savar Upazila Health Complex.
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